We arrived in Santiago to find that the teensy bit of Spanish we have managed to learn doesn‘t mean much when you can‘t understand the response! So our little translator book has been awesome.
Bellavista hostel where we are staying is central to yum resturants with a cute a little rooftop terrace where we spent the afternoons lazing about drinking wine.
Also our South America lonely planet is the bomb, courtesy of our darling friend Renee, it has become our new best friend. It has so much useful information although it‘s hard not to look like a tourist carrying it around!
Gem has really established herself as leader of the pack with her high energy levels and uncanny sense of direction. Both of which are seriously quite amazing and very useful.
Highlights
- A kilo of cherries for $1US, so cheap and sooo good
- Taking the finicular up to see Santiago from above. The city is absolutely sprawling and you can´t help but feel a tad insignificant looking out
Lowlights
- The stray dogs that are all around, sort of wishing we had gotten our rabies shots hmmm
- The staring! It was a bit of a shock at first but now we are sort of getting used to the harrassfulness. It´s pretty harmless but still a bit odd
